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Are you speaking English primarily with Commonwealth speakers? Because while it isn’t the same, a Dutch accent is surprisingly close to a lot of American accent
by devilbunny 2y ago
Are you speaking English primarily with Commonwealth speakers? Because while it isn’t the same, a Dutch accent is surprisingly close to a lot of American accents. I have never encountered difficulty understanding native Dutch speakers who have good English (which is most of you). Yes, it’s obviously not an American accent, but compared to Scots? Way easier to understand.
If it weren’t for the fact that I am a huge, huge fan of Trainspotting I would have been utterly lost in Edinburgh, let alone Glasgow. My wife could barely understand anything said by about 80% of the Scots and I would have to repeat sentences for her. Especially in noisy situations like crowded restaurants.
- jillesvangurp 2y ago> Are you speaking English primarily with Commonwealth speakers? A mix of mostly expats from all over the world. And I have some Irish friends and colleagues. And lots of Germans. But it helps that I get exposed to a lot of English/US media, youtube, etc.
- devilbunny 2y agoRight, but if the listeners are not American or Canadian then they may find your accent challenging. Americans and Canadians spell things differently but we largely speak the same language. And we would not find your accent a challenge. Culturally, I am closer in some ways to Australians, but linguistically I have more in common with English speakers from Quebec than Aussies.